by taylorcst

Created on: November 28, 2008

BLACK FRIDAY is here and I went to the mall for the great sales they were having. I usually like to go shopping on Black Friday, I like the crowds and love to tell my friends about the wild stuff I witness. Today my first stop was Wal-Mart. Don't believe all that crap about people not shopping because of money being so tight. The parking lots were completely fulll. When I first arrived I got a shopping cart and went towards the toys. I soon discovered there was no way I was going to be able to get a cart even close to the toy department. So I parked my cart and put my ads, and some items in the cart to discourage anyone from taking it. I eventually found the aisle where the dolls were and stood and waited. As the sale time grew closer the customers were getting tense and pushing others to get closer to the toys. The toys were on crates and were wrapped up in plastic. One of the employees came and stood next to the wrapped containers ready to open it up for the customers. She actually said, "Please don't trample me". She sounded really scared and I don't blame her. There was a bad feeling in the air. Not like the other times I have shopped, this time every one was getting a little crazy. As soon as it was time for the sale to start people rushed the toys and started to tear apart the boxes to get at the toys. One gentleman thought he was being funny and grabbed a box of eight dolls and stood up on a bench with them. He then yelled "Who wants one?" and started to throw them into the crowd. The people who had been standing in line to get one became upset and attacked him. He eventually got down or was pulled down. I did get my dolly but then I was stuck. The customers with the carts were pushing into the other people and we could not move. I had never been stuck in a crowd like this before and I started to have a panic attack. I was beginning to get scared. We couldn't move and were literally jammed together.

I wasn't the only one it was getting to either. Behind me a woman apparently got mad at being ran into with another woman's cart and turned around and actually hit the lady. The police were on hand but they were breaking up a fight in another lane. I eventually edged my way out of the crowd and went to look for my cart. Too late, someone too my items out of the cart and just threw them on the floor. Oh well, I only had a doll so I checked out. While in the check out lane I heard there were to fights going on in the toy aisle. Sad thing is I could have avoided

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